Opioid Litigation – Lieff Cabraser

Metro Nashville to Receive $23M From Historic National Opioid Settlement Benefiting Taxpayers by Funding Public Programs to Fight Ongoing Addiction Issues

City of Nashville Mayor John Cooper has announced that the city of Nashville will receive $23 million to recoup taxpayer funds allocated to emergency government responses to the opioid epidemic from 2017 through the present. The news comes in the wake of an historic $26 billion nationwide settlement with American opioid manufacturers and distributors reached

LieffCabraser2022-03-11T22:12:35+00:00March 11th, 2022|Prescription Drug Injuries, Public Good|

Thousands of U.S. communities to receive opioid recovery funds from $26 billion global settlements as soon as May 2022

Over 90% of litigating local governments have confirmed participation in the global settlements approved today by the “Big Three” drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson, along with opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson Washington, D.C. (February 25, 2022) – Today, the National Prescription Opiate Litigation Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee confirmed participation of over 90% of litigating

LieffCabraser2022-02-25T18:04:51+00:00February 25th, 2022|Mass Tort, Prescription Drug Injuries, Public Good|

National Prescription Opiate Litigation Plaintiffs’ Team Named Litigators of the Week by Am Law Litigation Daily

The Am Law Litigation Daily has named Lieff Cabraser partner Elizabeth Cabraser and her colleagues on the negotiating team of plaintiffs’ lawyers behind the recently revamped $26 billion proposed opioid settlement as its Litigators of the Week for their role in getting the deal with Johnson & Johnson and three opioid drug distributors back on

LieffCabraser2022-08-10T17:09:27+00:00July 23rd, 2021|Awards, Firm News, Prescription Drug Injuries|

Ohio Judge Denies Pharmacies Attempt to Escape Public Nuisance In Opioid MDL

As reported by Law360 (subscription), an Ohio federal judge has denied attempts by Rite Aid, Walmart and other pharmacies to dismiss claims alleging their opioid monitoring systems were not reliable and that their failure to stop opioids from being obtained illegally created a public nuisance.

LieffCabraser2020-01-28T16:54:24+00:00January 28th, 2020|Prescription Drug Injuries|

Lieff Cabraser Partner Mark Chalos Discusses Federal Opioid Litigation on Belmont University College of Law Panel

On November 12, 2019, Lieff Cabraser partner Mark Chalos participated on an attorney panel at the Belmont Inn of Court’s “Addressing the Opioid Crisis” conference presented at Belmont University College of Law. Mark spoke on the topic, “State of the Opioid Crisis – An Inside Look at Litigation & Regulatory Solutions.”

LieffCabraser2019-11-14T11:47:23+00:00November 14th, 2019|Firm News, Personal Injury, Prescription Drug Injuries|

Ohio Federal Judge Approves Opioid MDL ‘Negotiation Class’

As reported by Law360 (subscription), U.S. District Judge Dan Polster has approved the innovative and unprecedented approach of creating a negotiation class of government authorities empowered to negotiate a global settlement with drug manufacturers accused of fueling the destructive opioid addiction crisis that has swept the nation. The “negotiation class” concept was originally

LieffCabraser2019-09-12T15:54:40+00:00September 12th, 2019|Prescription Drug Injuries|

Ohio Federal Judge Indicating Support for “Negotiation Class” in Opioid MDL

As reported by Law360, U.S. District Judge Dan Polster appears to be signaling support for the inventive new settlement approach proposed earlier this summer by attorneys for local government plaintiffs in the federal opioids litigation on behalf of about 40 local government entities. According to the publication, in the nearly two-hour hearing held on August 6th,

LieffCabraser2019-08-06T11:25:41+00:00August 6th, 2019|Prescription Drug Injuries|

Ohio Federal Judge Open to Plaintiffs’ “Novel Ideal” for Faster Settlement of Nationwide Opioid MDL

As reported by Law360, U.S. District Judge Dan Polster appeared receptive to an inventive new settlement proposal introduced on behalf of about 40 local government entities by plaintiffs’ attorneys at the June 25 hearing in Ohio federal court. Judge Polster oversees nearly 2,000 lawsuits in the opioid multidistrict litigation. Plaintiffs’ proposal would establish a “negotiation

LieffCabraser2022-08-10T17:30:12+00:00June 26th, 2019|Prescription Drug Injuries|

Lieff Cabraser, Sonosky Chambers, and Zwerling Schachter File Class Action RICO Lawsuit on Behalf of Alaska Tribes Against Drug Manufacturers and Distributors for False and Deceptive Marketing and Improper Distribution of Dangerous Prescription Opioid Drugs

Kenaitze Indian Tribe, Asa’Carsarmiut Tribe, Akiak Native Community, Native Village of Port Heiden, and Native Village of Afognak Unite to Seek Justice from opiate drug distributors and manufacturers for worst man-made epidemic in modern medical history and unnecessary Alaska Native and American Indian opioid deaths across Alaska ANCHORAGE, Alaska—(BUSINESS WIRE)—On behalf of Kenaitze Indian Tribe,

LieffCabraser2018-11-18T18:40:41+00:00November 18th, 2018|Prescription Drug Injuries|

Sonosky Chambers, Lieff Cabraser, and Zwerling Schachter File RICO Lawsuit on Behalf of Alaska Native Tribal Health Care Providers Against Drug Manufacturers and Distributors for False and Deceptive Marketing of Dangerous Prescription Opioid Drugs

Federal RICO action that is largest tribal complaint in history seeks justice from opiate drug manufacturers and distributors for unprecedented community and medical costs and American Indian and Alaska Native opioid deaths in Alaska On behalf of the Tanana Chiefs Conference, Chugachmiut, the Copper River Native Association, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, and Southcentral Foundation, today

LieffCabraser2018-10-30T21:59:32+00:00October 30th, 2018|Prescription Drug Injuries|

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